Process of establishing design requirements and selecting alternative configurations for conceptual design of a VLA

In this study, a process for establishing design requirements and selecting alternative con-figurations for the conceptual phase of aircraft design has been proposed. The proposed process uses system-engineering-based requirement-analysis techniques such as objective tree, analytic hier-archy process, and quality function deployment to establish logical and quantitative standards. Moreover, in order to perform a logical selection of alternative aircraft configurations, it uses advanced decision-making methods such as morphological matrix and technique for order prefer-ence by similarity to the ideal solution. In addition, a preliminary sizing tool has been developed to check the feasibility of the established performance requirements and to evaluate the flight perfor-mance of the selected configurations. The present process has been applied for a two-seater very light aircraft (VLA), resulting in a set of tentative design requirements and two families of VLA configurations: a high-wing configuration and a low-wing configuration. The resulting set of design requirements consists of three categories: customer requirements, certification requirements, and performance requirements. The performance requirements include two mission requirements for the flight range and the endurance by reflecting the customer requirements. The flight performances of the two configuration families were evaluated using the sizing tool developed and the low-wing configuration with conventional tails was selected as the best baseline configuration for the VLA.     

联结翼飞机主要布局参数对全机升阻特性影响研究

联结翼飞机具有重量轻、刚度大、诱导阻力低等优势。采用涡格法,研究联结翼主要布局参数(前翼后掠角、前后翼展向连接点位置、前后翼垂直方向高度差)的变化对升力系数、阻力系数和最大升阻比的影响。所得计算结果对联结翼飞机气动布局参数的确定具有参考价值。     

乘波构型的钝化方法及其对性能影响研究

前缘钝化是解决乘波构型飞行器气动热问题的有效方法之一.按照乘波构型的设计特点,对已有的两种钝化方法分别进行了改进.采用CFD方法分析了前缘钝化及不同钝化半径对乘波构型性能的影响,得出了乘波构型气动力和气动热性能参数随钝化半径的变化规律.计算结果表明:在相同的钝化半径下,按改进的Tincher方法钝化后的乘波构型与按改进的Takashima方法钝化后的乘波构型相比:升阻比大、总的表面积小、最大热流密度基本一样,非驻点区乘波构型前缘的热流密度峰值较大.因而按改进的Tincher方法钝化后的乘波构型气动性能明显好于按改进的Takashima方法钝化后的乘波构型,而气动热性能则略差于后者.分析表明:钝化后的乘波构型性能不仅与钝化半径有关,而且受钝化方法的影响也很大.在对高超声速乘波飞行器进行布局设计时,应针对乘波构型的设计特点,采用合适的钝化方法,综合考虑钝化方法和钝化半径对气动力和气动热性能的影响效应,寻找最佳的钝化方案.研究结论可为高超声速乘波飞行器的外形设计提供一定的依据.     

多输入多输出雷达的非均匀线性阵列配置(英文)

提出了利用非均匀线性阵列(Non-uniform linear array,NLA)对多输入多输出(Multiple-input multipleoutput,MIMO)雷达系统进行阵列配置优化的方法。在传统的相控阵雷达中,非均匀线性阵列配置被用来形成较窄的波束方向图,而在MIMO雷达中,利用非均匀线性阵列来获得更多的互不相同的虚拟阵元,以此来提高雷达的参数可辨识性能。文中所采用的一种非均匀线性阵列是最小冗余线性阵列,并给出了一种在物理阵元数量较大时最小冗余线性阵列的生成方法。实验结果表明:与均匀线性阵列(Uniform linear array,ULA)配置的MIMO雷达相比,非均匀线性阵列MIMO雷达能够利用较少的物理天线阵元获得相同的参数可辨识性能;而在两种配置的雷达系统的物理阵元个数相同的情况下,非均匀线性阵列MIMO雷达可以获得更大的阵列孔径长度和更低的克拉美.罗界。     

多级泵级间导叶的优化与数值仿真

级间导叶是多级离心泵的重要组成部件,对泵性能有重要影响。基于国内外研究提出了级间导叶的四种设计方法,分别为改进径向式导叶设计法、四条流线包围流道设计法、中间流线矩形扫描法和中间流线圆形扫描法。为某多级液氢泵分别设计一种径向式导叶和四种流道式导叶,验证了设计方法的可行性。对径向式导叶及四种流道式导叶进行了数值仿真研究,结...     

The Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator (SPDM) Systems Engineering Effort – A successful exercise in cheaper,faster and (hopefully) better systems engineering

The Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator (SPDM) is the latest Space Robot developed by the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and McDonald Detwiller Space and Advanced Robotics (MD Robotics, previously Spar Aerospace) for the International Space Station (ISS). The SPDM has presented its designers with a number of new challenges in performing the Systems Engineering effort required for a complex robotic system:(1) The SPDM initial design was started and attained various levels of maturity for various components under the Space Station Freedom environment, then the Program was stopped and finally restarted under the harsher environment in which the International Space Station is being built.(2) The SPDM is the first space robot to utilize previously developed and space certified robotic components, as well as components with high-commonality to the previously developed ones (electronics, S/W).(3) New requirements levied by the Customer during the negotiations leading to the Program re-start necessitated significant architectural changes versus the SPDM configuration `frozen' when the Program was shut down.(4) The SPDM is the first robotic system of this complexity that is being built under a Firm Fixed Price contract, with the commonality assumptions as one of the cost drivers.This combination of components of various pedigree, coupled with the constraints imposed by an FFP contract have been addressed by the designers through the definition of a novel approach to integrated Systems and Design Engineering.     

轰炸机的发展历程和前景

介绍了轰炸机在各历史阶段发挥的重要作用，分析了轰炸机从诞生到第二次世界大战中发展成熟，以及在冷战时期轰炸机发展的3个阶段。描述了在每个时期不同战场环境下对轰炸机的不同要求，以及由此而产生不同的气动布局形式，进而分析了未来轰炸机发展的3个方向和美国当前可能的型号选择。     

基于综合指标的最优冗余陀螺配置确定方法

陀螺是航天器控制系统中的关键姿态敏感器,其主要采取冗余措施进行配置。针对航天器控制系统设计中如何进行陀螺冗余配置的问题,提出了一种确定最优冗余陀螺配置的方法,该方法综合考虑了系统的可靠性、精度、成本代价等综合指标。首先,以工程中普遍采用的陀螺斜置式为对象,系统性给出了陀螺斜置式的安装结构,并以测量误差最小为目标确定出确定安装数目下的最优陀螺冗余安装结构。其次,结合实际工程经验对陀螺冗余配置的综合性能指标进行详细系统的分析。然后,利用优化评价方法以综合指标为基础对不同安装数目下的陀螺冗余安装结构进行综合评价,确定出陀螺冗余配置的最优安装数目,即最优冗余陀螺配置。最后,利用该方法对实际工程中的斜置式陀螺冗余配置进行分析和计算。结果表明,当陀螺的安装数目为7时为最优冗余配置,该结论对实际工程具有理论指导作用。     

宽速域乘波构型设计方法研究综述

乘波体是一种典型的高速气动构型,由于高升阻比和均匀的下表面流动等特性使其成为机身/进气道一体化设计的理想构型。随着对乘波体设计方法的不断研究,提高乘波体在非设计条件下的气动性能,实现乘波体的宽速域飞行成为乘波体实用化的一个重要研究方向。将目前的宽速域乘波体设计方法分成变马赫数、多级组合和涡波结合3种类型,并详细介绍了这些方法的设计过程,分析了设计方法的优缺点。     

卫星姿态控制推力器布局分析

针对卫星姿态控制过程中推力器数目和分布的选取问题,给出了星上常用的4种推力器安装布局,通过相平面控制,给出了各个稚力器的喷气时间,通过对不同布局下系统的控制精度、燃料消耗和可靠性等方面进行分析和比较,给出了推力器布局设计准则.该准则表明系统的可靠性和燃料消耗是推力器布局设计的主要参考依据.